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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26558 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26558

Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 2.1 through 5.2 may permit a nearby man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during pairing (in the Passkey authentication procedure) by reflection of the public key and the authentication evidence of the initiating device, potentially permitting this attacker to complete authenticated pairing with the responding device using the correct Passkey for the pairing session. The attack methodology determines the Passkey value one bit at a time.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published June 8, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS bluez

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

77 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

69 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS bluez

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS bluez

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux

135 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

68 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

69 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

31 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

112 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure

77 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-dell300x

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws

90 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

92 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26558

Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 2.1 through 5.2 may permit a nearby man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during pairing (in the Passkey authentication procedure) by reflection of the public key and the authentication evidence of the initiating device, potentially permitting this attacker to complete authenticated pairing with the responding device using the correct Passkey for the pairing session. The attack methodology determines the Passkey value one bit at a time.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence